Julie Italiano

As the Collection Development Manager at the Contra Costa County Library since 2003, Julie Italiano has been instrumental in developing the Collection Development Plan and acts as Chair for the Collection Development Committee.  Under her direction, the Committee implemented standing order plans, completed a customer satisfaction survey, developed gift guidelines and procedures and changed collection development from a de-centralized process to a centralized plan.

This new direction for collection development enabled the Contra Costa County Library to begin exploring centralized selection, floating collections and resource sharing utilizing WorldCat. Julie planned and coordinated an opening day collection and in the past purchased materials for several community libraries as a Young Adult Librarian and Branch Librarian.  Julie brings with her an 18-year background of public library experience and continues to stay on top of new, innovative approaches to collection management.

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